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A NEW APPROACH TO CATEGORY SCALES OF INTENSITY I: TRADITIONAL VERSUS RANK‐RATING
Author(s) -
KIM KWANGOK,
O'MAHONY MICHAEL
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of sensory studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1745-459X
pISSN - 0887-8250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-459x.1998.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - ranking (information retrieval) , rating scale , rank (graph theory) , statistics , mathematics , psychology , intensity (physics) , scaling , point (geometry) , cognitive psychology , econometrics , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , combinatorics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
A traditional approach to intensity scaling, using ratings on a 9‐point category scale was compared to a method that combined elements of ranking called Rank‐Rating. The latter method forced judges to retaste stimuli whose tastes they had forgotten and accordingly reduced discrimination errors, thus increasing ability to discriminate.